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What have I been up to? That may or may not be the question! Despite not blogging for way too long doesn’t mean that I have hung up the pots, quite the opposite is true. I spent the last year happily dyeing with the Tripping Yarn Balls club and will return with them again in the spring of 2015.

This month will see me at my only in person sale this year, the Shopify hosted Makers Market on December 12th and 13th. If you are local come out and say hello!

Here is a little sneak peak of what’s in store there, I have been working on ‘collections’ a lot this year so themes and ideas that go together but are sill colourful and are full of fun

I spent last weekend at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, otherwise known as just Rhinebeck, which I will blog about later.

today is all about colour… a couple of weeks ago I had my first, set up a table and meet buyers and yarnies in person… kinda show. I had a blast! it was so much fun and now I wait in anticipation to see what people create with my yarns.

In preparation for this show I went about creating a whole new series of yarn combinations

It doesn’t seem that long ago that my friend Valerie asked me if I wanted to have a table at the annual vendor’s night for our local knitting guild, the sale is tonight. I’m equal parts excited and nervous, but I’m as ready as I can be

Wanna see?

there is a rubbermaid of yarn (lots of new colourways!), there are mini skeins and projects bags. and no, your not seeing things, some of those bags have unicorns on them 🙂

… I have, apparently, come down on the side of not blogging, and this will be corrected. 🙂

The summer months have been busy ones, not that summer is yet over! But September is peering over the ridge at August.
I’m still dyeing like mad and knitting a number of different things and will write about those another day.

Today I want to tell you about a group of fellow bloggers…

Three of my friends blog over at Knitter’s Rumble, they are running a great knitting battle over there with rules on how points are scored for certain achievements etc
The point is, I owe these three ladies an apology. A little while back they ran a contest on their blog giving away a goodie donated by each of them well the random number picked was my comment!
See… look at those goodies! not pictured is the hat pattern included in the prize

Julianna donated the handspun, which I am going to find a pattern for soon
Amy crocheted the sheep measuring tape cover which lives at home with me as I would hate for him to wander off to greener pastures
And from Emily the pattern for her Granny Slouch hat which is a really great pattern combining both crochet and knitting using no set yarn weight!

….hmmmm….I may have just found that patten for that handspun… 🙂

I want to thank Emily, Julianna and Amy for my goodies and for the inspiration they give me. You guys are awesome. Thank you!

– ordering will be done via my e-mail PleaseStandByYarns (at) gmail.com (please tell me colour, where you live, and any other fun facts you think I need to know!)

the fun details

– each skein is hand-dyed individually upon order, so it may take up to a week prior to mailing (if longer you will be contacted by e-mail)

– each skein, once caked, will let you knit your sock 2 at a time (2AAT) from either end without having to split your cake in two. if you knit a scarf or shawl from your yarn the stripes will mirror each other at the start and at the end of your work.

– If you do NOT want your yarn to mirror please let me know in your e-mail and there will be an extra charge of $5.00 for the skein.

– if you would like a smaller skein of yarn with the same colours but smaller stripes (like for a child’s foot) or the reverse, a larger skein for a larger foot, drop me a line as all this can be arranged, the price of the yarn will either decrease or increase by $2.00 per 10gr

Does yarn dance? I think mine must party because they keep inviting friends to join my stash…

MASH

Who didn’t want to hang out with Hawkeye, Trapper John or BJ while sipping moonshine martinis in your blood stained khakis?
This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are back in the Swamp.
With random width stripes of olive green and hand painted camouflage stripes there is the added bonus of random red stripes throughout the skein.
this 100g approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like

Charlie’s Angels

“Good morning Angels” “Good morning Charlie” and so started another episode of Charlie’s Angels where the bad guys were bad and the good girls always caught them in the end
This self-striping 100% superwash merino yarn has equal sized stripes of 5 colours ranging from pink to deep purple
this 100g approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like will look great is as a pair of socks, a shawl or anything that call out to you.

The Monkees

“HEY HEY! We’re The Monkees! People say we monkey around …but we’re too busy singing to put anybody down….”
This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will have you humming the theme song and maybe doing some daydream believing
This yarn has equal sized stripes of mustard/orange and rust broken up with smaller stripes of teal
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like perfect for socks a shawl or anything you can dream of…

The Twilight Zone

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.
-Rod Serling
This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are watching your tv from between your fingers
This yarn has equal sized stripes of 4 colours from light grey to black
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like perfect for socks a shawl or anything in any dimension…

The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show

Who hasn’t had the earworm of “Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Ole Oak Tree” in their head at one time or another? (I bet it’s there now!)
This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are trying on bellbottoms for the first time again
This yarn has variable sized stripes of green, orange and yellow
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like perfect for socks a shawl or anything you can think of tying on…

This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are hulking out your knitting or crochet
This yarn has equal sizes stripes of green and purple, except the purple is two different shades
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like perfect for socks a shawl or anything you can think of so get your Hulk on

Get Smart

“Would you believe… a Girl Scout selling cookies?”

This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are working under the cone of silence
This yarn has equal sizes stripes of blue, lavender, brown and grey
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like perfect for socks a shawl or anything you can think of and will make your foot look fancy while you use your shoe phone

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T always stepped in to save the day, all to the beat of a memorable theme song
This self-striping 100% superwash merino wool will make you feel like you are being mustered into your uniform responding to a call
The yarn has equal sized stripes of white, blue and navy stripes
this 100g, approximately 400yards skein, once caked, will allow you to knit from both ends of the cake to achieve matching socks two at a time if you like, will look great is as a pair of socks, a shawl or anything that is arresting to you.

Stripes…. my world has come down to stripes 🙂 well, my dyeing one anyway!

thinking this way and trying for a name for the shop, one turns to Google and inputs “stripes” for inspiration and lots pop up but one struck me as The One, bringing back childhood memories and of fascinating colours and an endless pool of colourway names

so there it …. ready for that sneak peek now?

All the colours are here except the one in the previous post, I promise each will get a better picture and a name in a matter of days. I hope you like them as much as I do! In the meantime which is your favourite?